A unique insight into the evolution of The Lord of the Rings, detailing how mistakes crept in almost from the first printing, how Tolkien changed the text during his lifetime, posthumous changes made by Christopher Tolkien and a previously unpublished Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, written by Tolkien himself. / Fascinating in-depth analysis of the changing face of the most widely read text of the 20th century / Detailed explanation of all the changes that were made to create the definitive 50th anniversary text / Illustrated with rare maps and illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien / Informative explanations of all the strange and archaic words used in the The Lord of the Rings / Includes the previously unpublished "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings", with fascinating notes by Tolkien about many of the names he invented
Wayne G Hammond is a librarian at the Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College Massachusetts. He is the author of The Graphic Art of C.B. Falls (1892), J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography (1993), and regular notes on Tolkien in the journal Mythlore. Christina Scull is the former librarian of Sir John Soane's Museum, London. She is the author of The Soane Hogarths (1991), edits the journal The Tolkien Collector, and frequently writes and speaks about Tolkien. Together, Wayne and Christina have written the two-volume J.R.R. TOLKIEN COMPANION & GUIDE and edited Tolkien's ROVERANDOM and FARMER GILES OF HAM 50th anniversary edition.
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